The document signer states "the following considerations are inevitably incomplete and fragmentary with respect to the documentation produced by the Commission I chaired."

From the Vatican document: "Therefore, issues concerning the diaconal ordination of women remain open to further theological and pastoral investigation, holding firm to the principle of "communio hierarchica" that assigns the final decision on these issues to the Magisterium..."

They cannot say "no," they just do not want to say "yes."